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Voters Head for Polls on New Constitution
[UN News]Polling stations are open today across most of Libya in elections that the top United Nations official in the country say is an opportunity for voters to have their voice heard and contribute to a new State’s constitution.
Polling stations open across the country
A voter casts his ballot in Tripoli’s Al-Batata district (Photo: Ahmed Elumami)
Poling stations bombed in Derna
Five polling stations blown up in Derna late last night causing severe damages to buildings and reportedly intimidating voters from going out to vote in today elections for the Constitutional Committee.